1938–39 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

1938–1939 season

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

Scottish League Division Two

11th

Scottish Cup

First Round

Top goalscorer

League: J McBride (19)
All: J McBride (20)

← 1937–38

1939–40 →

Season 1938–39 was the 62nd Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 40th time and the Scottish Cup for the 51st time.

Overview

Dumbarton went into the season encouraged by the positive performance from the previous campaign, and indeed with 6 wins and 3 draws from their first 10 games, it seemed that at last a challenge on the Division Two title could be mounted, but as before, the good results couldn't be maintained, and with only one win from the next 12 games the chance was gone. In the end, Dumbarton finished a disappointing 11th out of 18, with 30 points - half of that gathered by champions Cowdenbeath.^[1]

In the Scottish Cup, the story was no better as Dumbarton fell at the 'first hurdle' to non-league minnows Blairgowrie.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1938–39 Scottish Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
13 August 1938	East Stirlingshire	H	4-0	Smith,Jm(2);Cameron;OG	4,500
20 August 1938	Brechin City	A	3-0	Fraser(2);Smith,Jm
27 August 1938	Morton	H	1-3	Fraser	7,000
3 September 1938	Leith Athletic	A	2-1	Smith,Jm;Cameron	2,000
10 September 1938	Forfar Athletic	H	2-0	Smith,Jm;Cameron	4,000
17 September 1938	Edinburgh City	A	2-2	Hughes(2)
24 September 1938	Dundee United	H	1-0	Murray	4,000
1 October 1938	Dunfermline Athletic	A	2-2	Smith,Jm;Bulloch	2,000
8 October 1938	Stenhousemuir	H	2-2	Smith,G;Smith,Jm	4,000
15 October 1938	King's Park	H	2-1	Cameron;Yuill	4,000
22 October 1938	East Fife	A	1-5	Smith,G	5,000
29 October 1938	Dundee	H	4-4	McBride(2);McArdle;Murray	4,500
5 November 1938	Montrose	A	2-2	McBride;trialist	1,000
12 November 1938	Airdrie	H	0-0		4,000
19 November 1938	Cowdenbeath	H	1-4	Yuill	5,000
26 November 1938	St Bernard's	A	4-2	McBride(2);McKillop(2)	1,000
3 December 1938	Alloa Athletic	H	2-3	McKillop;Yuill	4,500
10 December 1938	Dundee United	A	2-4	McBride(2)	3,000
17 December 1938	Montrose	H	2-2	McBride(2)	2,500
31 December 1938	Leith Athletic	H	1-1	McKillop
2 January 1939	Forfar Athletic	A	6-6	McBride(3);Yuill;McKillop;McArdle
14 January 1939	Cowdenbeath	A	1-3	McKillop	1,000
28 January 1939	East Fife	H	2-0	Smith,G;McArdle	3,000
4 February 1939	Brechin City	H	1-3	Smith,G	2,000
11 February 1939	Airdrie	A	1-6	Bulloch
18 February 1939	East Stirlingshire	A	4-6	McBride(3);McArdle
25 February 1939	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2-2	McAllister(2)	2,000
4 March 1939	Stenhousemuir	A	0-2
18 March 1939	Morton	A	1-2	Yuill	1,200
1 April 1939	St Bernard's	H	1-2	Cameron
8 April 1939	Alloa Athletic	A	1-2	Yuill
15 April 1939	Dundee	A	1-1	McBride	1,700
22 April 1939	Edinburgh City	H	5-1	McBride(4)Yuill
26 April 1939	King's Park	A	2-2	Speedie;McBride

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1938–39 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
21 January 1939	1	Blairgowrie	A	2-3	McAllister;McBride	1,500

Appearances

Dumbarton used 25 players for the 35 Scottish League and Scottish Cup matches, as detailed below. Stephen Murray and Gavin Smith topped the 'selection chart' by featuring in 29 these matches. Note that an unnamed trialist played in one match.^[2]

Player	Position^[3]	Appearances	Goals
Thomas Bilsland	DF	12
Walter Bulloch	DF	23	2
William Cameron	FW	17	5
Frank Campbell	MF	2
John Casey^[4]	MF	27	1
John Craig	FW	8
Andrew Cumming	GK	12
John Forsyth	FW	6
N James Fraser	FW	3	3
W Hughes	FW	1	2
Alistair MacKillop	FW	20	7
James McAllister	MF	23	3
Patrick McArdle	MF	29	4
John McBride	FW	25	20
McLean	FW	1
Miller	FW	1
William Monaghan	MF	18
William Morrison	GK	23
Stephen Murray	MF	29	2
John Newton	DF	19
Gavin Smith	FW	27	4
Jimmy Smith	FW	11	7
John Smith	DF	16
Robert Speedie	FW	3	1
John Yuill	FW	28	7

References

↑ Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
↑ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
↑ The usual formation would be 2-3-5 (two defenders, three midfielders and five forwards).
↑ The league match against Brechin City on 4 February marked John Casey's 100th appearance for the club in all national competitions.

External links

Scottish Football Historical Archive

Dumbarton F.C. seasons

1873–74
1874–75
1875–76
1876–77
1877–78
1878–79
1879–80
1880–81
1881–82
1882–83
1883–84
1884–85
1885–86
1886–87
1887–88
1888–89
1889–90
1890–91
1891–92
1892–93
1893–94
1894–95
1895–96
1896–97
1897–98
1898–99
1899–1900
1900–01
1901–02
1902–03
1903–04
1904–05
1905–06
1906–07
1907–08
1908–09
1909–10
1910–11
1911–12
1912–13
1913–14
1914–15
1915–16
1916–17
1917–18
1918–19
1919–20
1920–21
1921–22
1922–23
1923–24
1924–25
1925–26
1926–27
1927–28
1928–29
1929–30
1930–31
1931–32
1932–33
1933–34
1934–35
1935–36
1936–37
1937–38
1938–39
1939–40
1940–41
1941–42
1942–43
1943–44
1944–45
1945–46
1946–47
1947–48
1948–49
1949–50
1950–51
1951–52
1952–53
1953–54
1954–55
1955–56
1956–57
1957–58
1958–59
1959–60
1960–61
1961–62
1962–63
1963–64
1964–65
1965–66
1966–67
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–2000
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015-16
2016-17

1938–39 in Scottish football

« 1937–38 1939–40 »

Domestic leagues	Football League First Division Second Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) Junior Cup

Related to national team	Results British Home Championship

Club seasons

First Division	Aberdeen Albion Rovers Arbroath Ayr United Celtic Clyde Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Queen of the South Queen's Park Raith Rovers Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren Third Lanark

Second Division	Airdrieonians Alloa Athletic Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic East Fife East Stirlingshire Edinburgh City Forfar Athletic King's Park Leith Athletic Montrose Morton St Bernard's Stenhousemuir

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/12/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.

1938–39 Dumbarton F.C. season

Overview

Results

Scottish League

Scottish Cup

Appearances

See also

References

External links